Person

Carrington, John

[02.08.1726]–1810

Farmer. In 1726 was he born. Following in his father's footsteps, at the age of 20 he became gardener to Lady Cathcart at Tewin Water House. By the 1750s he was employed by Richard Warren of Marden Hill, Tewin, and in 1760 became tenant of Bacons Farm, Bramfield. Shortly after the death of his wife in 1798, when John was 72, he bagan to keep a diary, and continued it until twelve days before his own death in 1810.